Director, Smart Buildings

CBRE; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE is seeking an experienced Director in Digital Transformation & Smart Buildings to lead its growing Advisory team. The role focuses on developing and implementing innovative digital strategies within the real estate sector, enhancing client relations and driving sustainable outcomes. The candidate will have extensive consulting experience, with a strong emphasis on technology and digital solutions in smart buildings.

Benefits

Entrepreneurial culture

Support for career growth

Challenging work environment

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Smart Buildings or Smart Places.
• Strong commitment to sustainability and digital transformation.
• Experience leading consulting or advisory roles.

Responsibilities

• Lead digital transformation programs ensuring client objectives are met.
• Act as trusted advisor on smart building technologies.
• Manage operational processes and team leadership.

Skills

Strategic Leadership

Project Oversight

Client Engagement

Business Development

Innovation and Continuous Improvement

Operational Management

Team Leadership

Education

Recognised qualifications in management consultancy

Tools

Digital Twin

IoT

SMART Technologies

Job description

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TRATEGIC ADVISORY / LONDON

Director, Digital Transformation & Smart Buildings

Role Purpose / The Team

CBRE's Digital Advisory team sits at the forefront of transforming the built environment through technology and data. We partner with clients - including investors, developers, occupiers, and public bodies - across the full real estate lifecycle to develop and implement innovative digital strategies. Our approach is business-led, focusing on identifying the right digital solutions to drive value, enhance performance, and achieve sustainability objectives for people, planet, and places. We take a strategic approach to identify the best digital solutions, shaping the strategy, informing the business case, and implementing sustainable digital change. We advise on a range of topics, including smart building solutions, data analytics, digital workplace, integration platforms, and emerging technologies like Digital Twins and IoT.

We are seeking an experienced Director to join our rapidly growing Digital Advisory team. This role will be instrumental in expanding our proposition, delivering transformative outcomes for our clients, and shaping the future of intelligent real estate. You will be a subject matter expert in the smart buildings / IoT domain, with a proven track record of delivering successful advisory projects and building strong client relationships. While real estate sector experience is favourable, we welcome candidates with relevant experience in other sectors.

The Digital Advisory team sits within our Strategic Transformation capabilities at CBRE. Our Strategic Transformation team offers market-leading expertise to help clients develop successful business strategies, make informed decisions, and implement robust programs. We serve industry-leading organisations, covering the full lifecycle from strategic visioning to implementation and exit.

Why CBRE?

At CBRE, you'll be part of a global powerhouse that is redefining the future of real estate. We offer a dynamic and entrepreneurial culture, challenging work, and unparalleled opportunities for growth and development. You'll work with an exceptional portfolio of clients, leveraging the industry's most robust platform and collaborating with leading experts to make a real-world impact. We invest in our employees' well-being and provide a supportive and inclusive environment where every individual is encouraged to reach their full potential.

Key Responsibilities

• As Director in the Digital Advisory team, your role will involve:
• Strategic Leadership: Support the Head of Digital Advisory and contribute to the overall strategic direction and growth of the Digital Advisory team within CBRE.
• Project Oversight: Lead and manage the delivery of complex digital transformation programmes, ensuring client objectives are met and projects are delivered to time, cost and quality standards. This include supporting and mentoring team members.
• Client Engagement: Act as a trusted advisor to senior clients, providing expert guidance on smart building technologies, trends, and their impact on real estate value, operational efficiency, and sustainability.
• Business Development: identify and secure new business opportunities, leading the preparation and delivery of bids and proposals for digital transformation projects.
• Innovation and Continuous Improvement: Actively monitor, advise and drive insight on emerging market, sector and other relevant trends and best practices to support the on-going evolution of the team and their current and new market propositions and product developments. Stay abreast of the latest trends and technologies and integrate them into projects and 'thought leadership' pieces.
• Collaborative Solutioning: Work with specialists throughout CBRE (and, occasionally, specialist sub-contractors) to bring best in class solutions.
• Operational Management: Oversee and optimise the Digital Advisory teams operational processes, ensuring efficiency, quality, and compliance, whilst managing risk and compliance with contractual requirements. Have a keen eye on profitability, supporting the team to manage project finances and resources to achieve the expected metrics. Develop and implement strategic initiatives to drive business growth and operational excellence.
• Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing consulting team. Foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment, set clear goals, and provide regular feedback to ensure team alignment with organisational objectives.

Person Specification/Requirements:

• Extensive experience (typically 10+ years) in a consulting or advisory role focused on Smart Buildings and/or Smart Places.
• A passion for technology and innovation within the built environment, with a strong commitment to sustainability and digital transformation.
• Experience with a major real estate firm or management consultancy is highly desirable.
• Experience in Digital Strategy, Solutioning and Transformation, including; SMART Buildings, The Internet of Things and Digital Twin or other relevant consulting roles
• Recognised qualifications(s) and/or accreditation(s) in areas relevant to the above, including proficiency in relevant management consultancy tools and techniques
• Private and public sector client experience.
• Strong commercial acumen and market awareness with a demonstrated ability to win work, cultivate client relationships, and drive revenue growth.
• Experience in team leadership and operational management in a consulting environment
• Track record in business development activities, including opportunity origination, solution development and project conversion with clients
• Proven ability to communicate complex digital real estate concepts to diverse audiences
• Excellent written, oral and graphical communication skills, including experience of leading pitches, reports, and presentations with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Excellent interpersonal skills including public speaking and leading C-Level engagement and workshops
• Attention to detail and commitment to achieving high quality client deliverables
• Adept at agile working, flexible and adaptable to changing priorities, including managing multiple commissions and competing priorities simultaneously
• Proven ability to mentor and support the career development of junior staff

Working at CBRE

When you join CBRE you will have the support and resources of a global firm where an entrepreneurial mind-set is encouraged. You'll realize your potential with challenging work, fast-paced assignments, an environment of constant learning and commitment to results. To enable your success, we provide the best tools, training and leaders in the industry.

Our collaborative culture is built on our RISE values and reflects the needs and perspectives of our clients and our people. Our work is guided by our North Star: Creating the real estate solutions of tomorrow, so businesses and people thrive. This informs everything we do-from diversity, equity, and inclusion to sustainability initiatives to workplace safety and wellbeing.

At CBRE, we believe that the more perspectives we have, the more dimensions we see. We welcome people with different backgrounds and experiences across industries to apply for open positions even if you do not match every element of the required skills. To discover more about what it's like to work at CBRE, visit Life at CBRE

About CBRE

CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE: CBRE), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas, is the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2023 revenue). The company has more than 130,000 employees (including Turner & Townsend employees) serving clients in more than 100 countries. CBRE serves a diverse range of clients with an integrated suite of services, including facilities, transaction and project management; property management; investment management; appraisal and valuation; property leasing; strategic consulting; property sales; mortgage services and development services.

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age. For information about accommodations we can make during the recruitment process, please visit: https://www.cbre.co.uk/careers/accommodations